Valve-operating means



Patented July 8, 1.924%.

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JOHN G. TARNA'IEB, OF VJ'ARR-ENTO'N, NORTH CAROLINA. i

. VALVE-OPERATING EVIEANS.

Application filed August 29, 1923. Serial No. 659,999.

T 0 all whom it mag concern:

, Be it known that I, JOHN G. TAnwATnR, a citizen of'the United States. resldlng at Warrenton, in the county of Warren and whenever necessary. For instance, it is advisible in freezingweatherto drain the automobile radiator whenever itis left to stand for any length of time. This drain cock,

by reason of being necessarily at a low point in the cooling system, is generally very inconvenient to reach, and it is frequently necessary for a person, in order to reach this drain cock, to lie down on the ground or to reach in past the front wheels of an automobile. In either case one is apt to soil his clothes, and it is of course inconvenient otherwise.

The principal and most important object for the present invention is to provide an improved device for manipulating the drain cock from a point within the automobile body so that the driver of the machine may, without any inconvenience, open and close the drain cock.

Another objection which exists with the present arrangement of drain cocks is that they frequently become clogged with mud and dirt owing to their location close to the road, and thus even when open the water fails to flow out. As a result, it is frequently necessary to open the drain cock and then to clear the water passage with a wire or the like, thus exposing the person performing in the construction of water tails of construction and combinations of parts'hereinafter more fully descrlbed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like char:

acters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away, of a portion of an automobile showing the particular arrangement of the device. r

Fig.2 is a front View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the operating mechanism.

F 4c is a detail perspective view of the housing employed. V a I Fig. 5 is adetail rear elevationof a drain cock especially 'arranged for use in this connection. 1 c

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a certain-guide clip used herewith.

In the present embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed an automobile 10,

having the usual hood 11 and radiator 12- Extending from this radiator at the bottom is a circulating pipe 13, and a draincock 14.- is located at the lowermost point of this circulating pipe. This drain cock is of the ordinary plug valvetype, but instead of being provided with abutterfly handle on the plug, as with the ordinary construction, it is provided with-anarm 15 which is normally vertically disposed and has at its free end an opening 16. The steering column of the automobile is shown at 17, and surround- 7 ing this steering column is a clip 18 having laterally extending ears 19 provided with confronting semi-tubular guide edges 21. The clip is held on the steering column by means of a clamp bolt 22. Slidably mounted between the guide edges 21 is a reach rod 23, which has its lower end pivotally con nected to the arm 15, as by fork 24 provided with a suitable pin passing through the opening 16. This reach rod also passes through a suitable opening formed in the bearing plate 25 of the steering column, and has at its upper end an operating handle 26. At 27 is a housing which is provided with laterally extending ears 28 so positioned that the ordinary bolts used in the construction of the automobile 10 may pass through these cars, and thus enable the housing to be secured in position beneath the drain cook 14. In the bottom of this housing, there is provided an opening 29, and this opening is disposed, out of alinement with the drain .cockso that water from the drain cock will splash on the bottom of the housing, and thus have a tendency to remove any dirt or dust that may accumulate thereon.

It will now be obvious that the operator of the machine has convenient to his hand, means by which he may open thedrain cock 14 whenever he desires to drain the cooling system, itbeing merely necessary to pull upon'the'rod for this purpose. Also it will be pI'ain that't'he housing or guard 27pmtects the drain cock from'mud beingthrown -fagai'1ist it,and thus prevents clogging of the water 'p assag'e therein.

lVhile the arm 15 has been shownindepe1iding'position,' it is clear that it may also extend inwardly if desired without in any way faltering the construction.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes maybe in ade inthe "formand construction or the invention without in any way departing "from the 'materialf'spirit thereof. It is not,

there'for'e,"desiredto confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and deffscribed, but itisfi'nteiided to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. The combination with an automobile having a radiator provided with a drain cock and having a steering column; of a reach rod having one end connected to the drain cock and extending rearwardly alongside of said steering column, a support on said steering column wherethro-ugh the mounted on said steering column, a reach rod extending slidably through said guide and having its forward end provided with a fork, a pin passing through said fork and 'throughsaid opening, a hand grip on the reanend of said reach rod, and a housing extending beneath said drain cock and having an escape opening therein out of alinement with the drain cock. I

JOHN G. TARWATER.

having an opening in its free end, a guide 

